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Friday, January 11, 2013

Watch: Mentor Firefighters Meet With Family Whose Lives They Saved

Mentor firefighters rescued the Lukasiewicz and Blare family when a man drove his car into their home on Comanche Trail

The last time the Mentor firefighters saw 3-year-old Christopher Lukasiewicz, they were pulling a car off of him. A man had driven his car into his family's home on Comanche Trail in the middle of the night on December 9. His father Christopher Lukasiewicz, mother Tonya Blare, him and 18-month-old daughter Cassy Lukasiewicz all needed to be taken to the hospital. And, while everyone survived, both the older and younger Chrisophers had very serious injuries. Fortunately, when the firefighters saw the Lukasiewicz and Blare family Thursday at Mentor Fire Station 5, it was under much better circumstances. And young Christopher, instead of being in the back of an ambulance, got to sit in the driver's seat of the fire truck. The firefighters -- …

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Mentor Firefighters Take Family To Hospital After Car Is Driven Into Their Home (Updated), People Can Donate To Help Lukasiewicz-Blare Family At Two Banks, and Suspected Driver In Comanche Crash Faces 4 Counts Of Aggravated Vehicular Assault (Updated)

Tonya blare

3:50 pm on Sunday, January 13, 2013

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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

City Council Recognize Firefighter, Corrections Officer At Meeting

Mentor Firefighter Jerry Craddock received U.S. Coast Guard Boating Safety Department's Pillar of Support Award

  • GOVERNMENT
  • Jason Lea
  • Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Mentor City Council began their meeting by recognizing a pair of men who work in the city's safety forces. Mentor Firefighter Jerry Craddock received the U.S. Coast Guard's Boating Safety Pillar of Support Award, as wll as the National Water Safety Congress's Regional Award. U.S. Coast Guard Master Chief Suvak presented Craddock with the award during Council's meeting Tuesday evening at City Hall. "This is not often given to civilians," Suvak said of Pillar of Support Award. "That tells you how much (Craddock's) work means. Craddock teaches people about boating safety -- not just as firefighter but as a programs and training instructor for the NWSC and the Spirit of America program, which gives young people a safe and fun introduction to …

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Mentor City Hall, Mentor Corrections Officer To Receive Life-Saving Award, City Council To Vote On Business Grants For Lincoln Electric, OurPet's, and 1 more ›

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